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The Florists' Review 



Jdly 6, 1917. 



DELPHINIUM 



LARKSPUR 



Absolutely the best on the market. Two to three feet long. Big spikes. 



25c to 75c per dozen. 



Roses, Carnations, Peonies, Gypsophila, Shastas, Valley, Lilies, Calendulas, 

 Forget-me-nots, Asparagus, Sprengeri, Galax, Ferns. 



F rne ^ Company 



WHOLESALE FLORISTS 



30 E. Randolph St. 



Successors to ERNE & KLINGEL 



L D. Phoae Randolph 6578 



Auto. 41-710 



CHICAGO 



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the market that was really scarce last 

 week. A good demand easily cleaned 

 out what stock arrived and prices held 

 up well. Stocks sold fairly well. There 

 are not many sweet peas to be found 

 on the market, the season being nearly 

 over. There are plenty of gladioli to 

 fill all needs. Daisies have been selling 

 slowly, due, in a large measure, to the 

 great number of field daisies which 

 may be seen. 



The supply of peonies has shortened 

 down somewhat, although northern 

 crops are coming in and there are con- 

 siderable quantities still in cold stor- 

 age. They sold fairly well last week. 

 Outdoor candytuft is commencing to 

 arrive, but is moving slowly. Snap- 

 dragons are also selling poorly. A mod- 

 erate supply of delphinium is arriving 

 and receives a fair call. 



Greens have not yet become normal- 

 ly plentiful. 



June Business. 



June has been an unusual month in 

 this market; it has given widely vary- 

 ing results for the different interests. 

 In a retail way, there have been fewer 

 fashionable weddings than usual and 

 they have called for less elaborate 

 floral accessories. This has cut into the 

 business of some of the best retailers. 

 On the other hand, funeral work has 

 been good, transient trade in the me- 

 dium class stores has been excellent 

 and outdoor work above the average 

 for June. Consequently some retailers 

 are well pleased, especially as stock 

 was obtained at low prices. 



Wholesalers have not been short of 

 stock. There has been a large turnover 

 at prices that were, perhaps, a little 

 below the usual June average. Some 

 houses handled considerably more stock 

 than last year and thus made an in- 

 crease in sales. The reverse was true 

 of others. But it should be considered 

 that June of 1916 was unusually good; 

 to equal last June was doing well. It 

 was noted that shipping trade to the 

 country towns was excellent, especially 

 the first three weeks of the month. 



The growers fared in proportion to 

 their production; with some it was more 

 than a year ago, with others, less. 



F, T. D. Cut Flower Service in a wholesale 

 way with the "Out-of-Town" Retail Florist 

 is practical co-operation between the 

 grower and the retailer. 



Kennicott Bros. Co. 



Chicago 



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June Weather. 



June was an excellent growing 

 month, both in the field and under glass. 

 With only slight interruptions, the 

 weather remained cool during the entire 

 month. June 16 frost was observed, 

 this being the latest in the spring upon 

 which frost has ever occurred in Chi- 

 cago within the records of the Weather 

 Bureau. The highest temperature dur- 

 ing the month was 86 degrees June 26. 

 Although there was some deficiency in 

 the total rainfall, the showers were 

 evenly distributed and highly beneficial 

 to growing crops. Most of the rains 

 occurred during thunder storms, and 

 some of these were accompanied by 

 fresh gales, the highest wind velocity 

 being fifty miles an hour June 12. The 

 percentage of sunshine was consider- 

 ably below the average, being only 



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sixty, as compared with seventy-one as 

 the normal for the month. 



Various Notes. 



Schiller, the Florist, has closed the 

 downtown store, at 36 South Wabash 

 avenue. This is the store started by one 

 of the Lubliner brothers after Lubliner 

 & Trinz went out of the flower business. 

 It was acquired by the Schiller interests 

 about two years ago. Report has it 

 that the store has been a losing ven- 



